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Executive Order 13305 of May 28, 2003, Extension of the President’s Information, Technology Advisory Committee and the President’s, Council of Advisors on Science and Technology: “That section 4(b) of Executive Order 13035, as amended, is further amended by deleting “June 1, 2003,” and inserting in lieu thereof “June 1, 2005.”
This National Law Journal article, Fretting over U.S. data collection, reviews data privacy concerns associated with the work of the Terrorist Information Awareness (TIA) program in light of the release on May 20 of the agency’s report to Congress.
The National Law Journal profiled Google’s general counsel and vice president for corporate development, David Drummond.
Andrew Zangrilli’s new article in Modern Practice predicts the following trends for 2003 in law firm technology development: “1) more features and functionality added to existing technology; 2) unifying and consolidating disparate systems; and 3) more legal self-service applications.”
According this press release from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), “More than sixty percent of the world’s cybercrime originates in the US, with hacking and fraud at the top of the offences.” The report itself is not available online, but a copy may be requested from Steven Matz at ICC Commercial Crime Services.
From the Eldred Act Website: Today we launched a petition to urge Members of the US Congress to support our proposed legislation to reclaim the public domain.”
Professor David E. Sorkin, of The John Marshall Law School Center for Information Technology & Privacy Law, will teach a seminar this summer on the Regulation of Spam and Email Marketing. This is apparently the first such law school course to focus on unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE).
From the American Library Association Washington Office Newsline: “The U.S. Supreme Court on June 2 issued its opinion in Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. (case no. 02-428), in which ALA participated as a “friend of the court” in support of Dastar Corporation. The Court has ruled unanimously 8-0 (Justice Breyer did not …
The Register reviews the pros and cons of Turbo10.com, still in beta, which unfortunately seems to have crashed due to the traffic generated by this new-found recognition? Not an auspicious start, but check-in on the site when it reappears, as one of the major incentives to do so is its focus on searching the invisible …
E-Books Catch On, but Only for Core Fans So Far is yet another example of similarly titled articles over the years on how e-book have not (and will not) lead to the replacement of hard copy texts in either the professional or consumer markets.
See What makes a weblog a weblog?, a succinct and informative article on the topic, as well as Blogs, Wikis and Knowledge Building, which compares and contrasts two applications whose audiences and authors are steadily expanding. In addition, Marking Out The Borders of a Weblog adds context and more definition to the discussion by referencing …
Proposed rules changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which constitute a Part 27 rewrite, were published in this May 28 Federal Register notice (pdf), and intend to “clarify, streamline, and update guidance and clauses on patent, data, and copyrights to provide a more logical presenation of this complex material.” Also see the government’s acquisition …